Tips for leveling in HC with 5 people

Hello! My friends and I are doing a small competition for hardcore launch. We plan on playing as a 5 man and racing a few other groups to see how far we can get leveling together. With the addition of dungeon cooldowns as well as exp sharing being limited, what would be some suggestions for how we should go about leveling together quickly?

Do you guys recommend starting together in the same starting zone?
Would you recommend grouping as 5, or 2 groups or solo till level 10?
Is there a route worth taking to skip certain collection quests?

Would love some general recommendations, super excited to for the servers to go live!

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It’s basically softcore if you play in groups. No danger whatsoever. So I guess do that.

Thanks, its not so much about the danger but being effective. Trying to optimize leveling quickly in a short amount of time.